Homes CLT A Community Benefit Society registered with the FCA

The charitable corporate model recommended by Locality funded lawyers in a pre feasibility study – also enables UHCLT to become a Homes Registered Housing Provider Role and Purpose To operate as a Community Land Trust in the parishes of Preston, Wing, Glaston, , Seaton, Lyddington, Thorpe By Water, Caldecott, Stoke Dry, Belton, Wardley, Ridlington, Ayston and Uppingham. Its purpose is to carry on for the benefit of the community:

The business of providing and managing housing (including social housing) and providing assistance to help house people and associated facilities, amenities and services for the relief of financial hardship

The promotion for the public benefit of regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation (and in particular the parishes of Preston, Wing, Glaston, Bisbrooke, Seaton, Lyddington, Thorpe By Water, Caldecott, Stoke Dry, Belton, Wardley, Ridlington, Ayston and Uppingham) by all or any of the following means:

The relief of financial hardship (other than the provision of housing) in such ways as may be thought fit;

The advancement of education, training or retraining, particularly amongst unemployed people, and providing unemployed people with work experience;

The provision of workspace buildings and/or land on favourable terms, financial assistance, technical assistance, or business advice or consultancy in order to provide training and employment opportunities for unemployed people in cases of financial or other charitable need through help in setting up their own business; or to existing businesses. NON PROFIT

The CLT shall not trade for profit and any profits shall only be applied for the purpose of furthering the CLT’s objects and/or in accordance with its rules.

Nothing shall be paid or transferred by way of profit to members of the CLT.

POWERS OF THE CLT

The CLT shall have power to do anything that a natural or corporate person can lawfully do which is necessary or expedient to achieve its objects, except as expressly prohibited in its rules.

Long Term Aims of the CLT

To become the community led affordable homes agency of choice for Uppingham and its hinterland, giving priority to identified local need

To identify and secure land on which to build truly affordable (income led not market led) homes for local people

To predominantly build homes to rent

To collaborate with housing developers, land owners and local parish councils to ensure democratic, local community control of future rented housing through a member led CBS

To not only build, but manage, future housing stock Town Heritage

Photographic record being kept alongside public minutes Best practice being followed as far as practicable Website will show

. Who is involved and has supported (present and future) . What is being done and in what order . Where development is proposed . When houses are scheduled to appear

To be documented at www.uppinghamhomes.uk

Today’s Objective

1. To engage with the Uppingham community and seek their support in becoming an exemplar in the field of community led housing and secure their support for truly affordable homes for local people

2. To explain how the Uppingham Homes CLT housing policy and practice will work

3. To record the contact details of young families interested in participating in a detailed survey of housing need by younger people to be undertaken in 2020

First Project

To build affordable homes for younger people on the Badley Orchard Site in Seaton Road which has been gifted to the CBS

Progress Report

. Homes England grant secured . Land transfer under way . Architects appointed – GSS of Northampton . Preliminary design work underway . Site cleared and ground and environment tests underway . Location to be treated as a rural exception site . Anglian Water has agreed to collaborate in developing site . Government infrastructure grant available to deal with site issues . Further Locality and Homes England grant support on offer

Thank you for your interest

The Uppingham Homes Community Land Trust is registered with the Financial Conduct Authority under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 as a Community Benefit Society.

Registered Office: The Falcon Hotel, Market Place, Uppingham, LE15 9PY Registration number 8155